/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010 altuure <altuure [AT] gmail [DOT] com> http://www.altuure.com/projects/yagdao
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.altuure.yagdao.metadata;

import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010 altuure <altuure [AT] gmail [DOT] com> http://www.altuure.com/projects/yagdao
 * <p/>
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * <p/>
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * <p/>
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/**
 * method model reader for jpa and hibernate
 */
public interface MetadataHelper {
    /**
     * get entity model for given class
     * @param aClass entity class
     * @return entity info
     * @throws IntrospectionException delegated
     */
    Map<String, MetamodelPropertyDescriptor> getMetadata(Class aClass) throws IntrospectionException;


    /**
     * entity classes
     * @return set og entity classes
     * @throws IntrospectionException  delegated
     */
    Set<Class> getEntityClasses() throws IntrospectionException;

}
